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Chapter 31

"To arms!" Will called out, taking charge, because Jack wasn't. The Crew were scurrying to do all they can to defeat the monster below.

"Load guns! Defend the mast!" Gibbs ordered as well.

"It'll attack to starboard, I've seen it before!" Will yelled pulling out a sword from a barrel. "Run out the cannons and hold for my signal!" The crew readied the cannons as Will commanded. Jack and Janice must have hid. They weren't found anywhere.

"We are so going to die." Cheyenne said, looking out the cannon port Emily was readying.

"Don't be such a pessimist." Emily said

"I will be!" Cheyenne said, pointing ahead of them. LIke with a few of the other cannon ports, the crew were watching the tentacle suckers right outside.

"Oh God." Emily gasped

"This looks so freaky in real life." Megan said

"Easy, boys." Will said

"Ahem!" Emily, Cheyenne, and Megan almost yelled.

"And girls." he added

"Will..." Elizabeth said on deck

"Steady... steady..." Will said

"Will..." Elizabeth repeated

"Hold... hold..." Will calmly said

"I think we've held fire long enough!" Pintel said

"WILL!!!!!" Elizabeth shrieked

"Fire!!!" Will yelled. The cannons blasted into the kraken's tentacles. They writhed and sank below the ship again. The crew went up on deck to see what damage was done. With everyone still alive, the crew cheered loudly.

"I guess I stand corrected." Cheyenne said, letting go of a breath she didn't know she was holding.

"My ears are ringing." Megan said

"It'll be back. We have to get off the ship." Will said

"There's no boats." Elizabeth pointed out

"Well this sucks." Emily stated. Will walked ahead, before turning back to the crew.

"Pull the grates! Get all the gunpowder onto the net in the cargo hold!" Will said before he picked up a rifle and handed it to Elizabeth. "Whatever you do, don't miss."

"As soon as you're clear." Elizabeth responded. The grates were lifted and the gunpowder loaded into the net.

"I found some more in Jack's room!" Emily said, rolling a small barrel over to the grate and throwing it down to the crew.

"We'll need as much as we can." Cheyenne said, being one of the people loading the powder into the net. "Is there any more?"

"None." A crewman shook his head before stepping into the light. "We're short stock on gunpowder! Six barrels!" Gibbs was afraid of hearing they ran out of gunpowder. He stopped Will to tell him.

"There's only half a dozen kegs of powder." Gibbs said

"Then load the rum!" Will responded

"What?!" Emily asked. There was a long awkward silence as the order set in.

"Well?" Megan asked, although Gibbs couldn't hear her.

"Aye, the rum too!" Gibbs commanded

"Okay." Emily said walking away. "There's TONS more of that in Jack's cabin."

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"Are you sure we're doing the right thing?" Janice asked once more.

"How many times do I have to say yes?" Jack asked

"When it makes me feel better about leaving my friends." Janice said, looking back at the Pearl.

"You'll get over it." Jack said

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Elizabeth handed a weapon to Cotton, while passing by him.

"Step to." She said. She looked out at the water and saw what she didn't expect: Jack and Janice rowing away in the only intact longboat.

"To think he took Janice with him." Megan said, appearing next to Elizabeth. Emily was by her side.

"Oh, you coward!" Elizabeth growled

"I'll say." Emily said. There was a rumbling in the ship. Many men fell down. The rumbling stopped suddenly.

"Not good." Marty said fearfully. The tentacles shot out of the water and into the cannon ports and on the deck. They thrashed around, grabbing crewmen and pulling them down to the depths. Many stayed on deck to fight the tentacles off. Some were hauling up the net full of gunpowder and rum. Some were literally running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Will jumped onto the net.

"Haul away!" He yelled

"Heave! Heave like you're being paid for it!" Gibbs yelled.

"Cheyenne you're right! We are gonna die!" Emily yelled, running into her friend.

"It was nice knowing you!" Cheyenne yelled

"Nice knowing you too!" Emily yelled back. The two embraced each other.

"Seriously, I think you two are being a little overdramat--AAAAAAH!!!" Megan yelled when the kraken lifted her in the air by her ankle. It thrashed her around in the air, her screaming all the way.

"Megan!" Emily and Cheyenne screamed, trying to grab onto her. They succeeded.

"Don't let go guys!" Megan said, on the verge of tears.

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"That was Megan's scream!" Janice said, staring at the Pearl. The kraken was in full attack mode, tentacles waving in the air with some crewmen in them.

"Really." Jack said as he looked at the Pearl. He took his compass out and opened it. His eyes grew wide when he saw where it pointed.

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Emily and Cheyenne were doing their best to hold onto Megan.

"We have to do something!" Emily yelled

"I have an idea!" Cheyenne said. She quickly let go of Megan and stabbed the kraken's tentacle. Instead of Letting Megan go like she thought it would, it flicked her up in the air and down into the water. Emily and Cheyenne went to the rail. Emily glared at Cheyenne.

"Nice plan." she said. Megan rose up out of the water, coughing.

"Hey guys!" she yelled, waving her hands. "I'm alive!" Three tentacles rose up behind her suddenly. One crashed into Megan and wrapped itself around her underwater. The other two went after Cheyenne and Emily.

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"Are you sure we're not being overdramatic if we say it was nice knowing each other now?!" Cheyenne said, stabbing a tentacle with an arrow.

"I don't really know!" Emily yelled. She followed Pintel and Ragetti in Jack's cabin, ducking at the swiping tentacles.

"C'mon!" Will yelled on the net, sword swinging. "Come and get it! I'm over here! C'mon!" A tentacle made the net swing around in the air, making Will lose his sword and become caught in the net. Elizabeth took a position in front of the cabin, aiming her rifle at the net.

"Shoot! Elizabeth shoot!" Will yelled.

"Guys!" Emily pointed out that tentacles were making their way into the cabin. They kept away from them, but instead one grabbed Elizabeth's ankle. She dropped her rifleand was dragged into Jack's cabin. In an act of heroism, Ragetti chopped off the tentacle with the axe he was holding.

"Nicley done." Emily complimented. The tentacles retreated out of the hole in the cabin. Elizabeth ran out to her rfiel. A crewman picked it up, but was soon grabbed by a tentacle. He was waved around before he let go of the rifle up by the helm.

"Of all the bad luck." Emily said, following Elizabeth up the stairs. There was a crash that sent them to their knees. They crawled up the rest of the way and reached the rifle. A boot was stepped down on it.

"Let go of it you..." Emily yelled before looking up. It was Jack stepping on it. He picked up the rifle and aimed at the net. When Emily looked out, he saw Janice and Cheyenne fighting off tentacles, back to back.

"Get out of the way guys!" Emily yelled. The two looked up at her and found refuge in Jack's cabin. Will dropped free of the net. Jack shot a barrel of gun powder. The explosion caught the other barrels, making them all explode. The tentacles that had grabbed onto the barrels were all badly burnt and all sank back into the water. Everyone came out of hiding to see the damage done.

"Is it safe?" Cheyenne asked

"Did we kill it?" Marty asked, looking over the rail into the water.

"No, we just made it angry. We're not out of this yet. Captain! Orders!" Gibbs said before turning to Jack. He walked down with Elizabeth and Emily and dropped the rifle on the ground.

"Abandon ship. Into the longboat." Jack said

"Jack! The Pearl." Gibbs said

"She's only a ship, mate." Jack said, almost mournfully.

"Wow." Cheyenne said. "To fight for something this long, only to let it go takes a lot of courage."

"He's right. We have to head for land." Elizabeth said

"That's a lot of open water." Pintel said

"That's a lot of water." Ragetti said

"We have to try. We can get away as it takes down the Pearl." Will said

"Aye, abandon ship." Gibbs agreed. "Abandon ship or abandon hope." Everyone went to the longboat. Gibbs went to get canteens of fresh water. Janice stopped Emily before she climbed into the boat.

"Ems, Where's Megan?" she asked. Emily looked down.

"We tried to save her." Emily responded

"You mean?" Janice asked. Emily nodded. She climbed into the boat, slowly followed by Janice.

"Thank you, Jack." Elizabeth said

"We're not free yet, love." Jack responded

"We have everything?" Cheyenne asked, taking things into the boat with Will.

"Not yet." Will said

"You came back. I always knew you were a good man." Elizabeth said. The two kissed each other. They backed up to the mast. Much to Will and Cheyene's surprise, they saw the whole thing.

"Prepare to cast off!" Gibbs said, jumping into the boat, and obscuring their view. "There's no time to lose! C'mon Will, step to!" Cheyenne took a seat and looked back at Janice and Emily. Carefully, she moved over to sit with them.

"Megan's really gone, isn't she." Cheyenne said

"How could she have survived that?" Emily said

"She might have gotten away." Janice said. "She might have snapped her fingers and got away. She had to."

"Here's hoping." Emily said. On deck of the Pearl, although nobody really knew what was happening, Elizabeth proved how sneaky she can be. While she had Jack against the mast, she shackled him to it, making sure he doesn't leave.

"It's after you, not the ship. It's not us." Elizabeth said. "Don't you see? This is the only way. I'm not sorry."

"Pirate." Jack said. Elizabeth walked away from him without looking back. She climbed down into the longboat.

"Where's Jack?" Will asked

"He elected to stay behind to give us a chance. Go!" Elizabeth yelled the last part. Marty let go of the line that kept them with the Pearl.

"Think Jack will make it?" Janice asked

"Nope." Emily said

"Sorry." Cheyenne said

Back on the Pearl...

Jack struggled against the chain that held him in place.

"Bugger, bugger! C'mon!" He said. "If you're here Megan I could use some help." Nobody came out of nowhere to help him at all. He looked around for something to free him and saw a lamp. He pulled out his sword and reached for the it. He broke the lamp against the mast and let the oil drip onto his hand. Soon, he was able to slide out of the shackles. He turned around and saw the great mouth of the kraken emerge. It roared at him, slime spewing at him, and his hat falling out at his feet. He shivered when the roaring stopped.

"Not so bad." he said before seeing his hat. "Oh!" He put it on and wiped off whatever slime was left on his face. He smirked a devilish smirk and faced the kraken's mouth.

"Hello, Beastie." He said, sword ready.

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"Jack." Janice said as she watched the kraken engulf the Pearl. It slowly sank down to the depths. Janice looked down. Cheyenne put a hand on her friends back.

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From the Flying Dutchman, Davy Jones watched the sinking of the Pearl through his spyglass.

"Jack Sparrow, our debt is settled." Davy Jones said, closing his spyglass. He took a glance back at his prisoner. Megan had her head down as she was held by one of his crew.

"It's done now." Megan said, looking down. She tried pulling herself away, but the fishman wouldn't let go.

"The captain goes down with his ship." a corralfaced man said

"Turns out not even Jack Sparrow can best the Devil." Maccus said

"It's over now, let me go." Struggling to be free once more. Davy turned around to face Maccus.

"Open the chest." he said. "Open the chest, I need to see it!" He turned his attention to Megan. "It is not done until I have it back."

"Oh boy." Megan said. The chest was brought out and unlocked. Davy pushed through his crew to see it. When he opened it, the entire crew seemed to gasp in fear. The chest was empty.

"Damn you Jack SPARROW!!!" Davy yelled to the skies. Megan gulped nervously and took a step back. The fishman holding her did the same. He knew what was coming and didn't want to be around to see it as much as Megan did. He spun around to face Megan and grabbed her neck with his crab claw.

"Where is it!? Tell me where it is! NOW!" Davy roared, tentacles flailing. He squeezed harder with every word he spoke.

"You'll see soon enough!" Megan squeaked out. Davy threw her to the deck, crashing through a crate. She moaned as she sat up. She felt a scratch she received from the crash and found herself bleeding. Davy Jones stood over her

"What makes you remain so defiant to me?" he growled

"Guess." Megan said before snapping her fingers.

Furfaidz: *is crying*

Ekari: Aw, Furfaidz, it'll be okay!

Furfaidz: Jack is dead!

Ekari: It will be okay, okay?

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